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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1907
Page
4
New York woman Theresa Canting, a young telephone operator, died after inhaling illuminating gas through a rubber tube in her room. Surprised by her mother at the door she dropped the tube and leaped four stories to her death. A quarrel with her sweetheart is noted as a probable cause.
Special to The Light notes the attorney general ruling that expenditures beyond signed appropriations cannot be issued by the comptroller. The question arose from Fish and Oyster Commissioner Wood paying 1150 for a boat used in oyster business, though legislature allotted 1000 for the boat. The Bexar Drug Co opens all night with immediate delivery for prescriptions.
New Orleans reports General Emiliano J. Herrera, diplomat and president of the United Fruit Company, sailing on the Walled Fruit Company's boat to Sos Durak, Honduras to assume command and reorganize the army amid unrest. He offered no comment on the mission beyond confirming his arrival to lead the army there.
Autin, Sept. 21 Attorney General Davidson works on his reply to President Chapp of the Dallas telegraphers amid their ongoing labor dispute. He says the question requires careful consideration and will receive due attention. First class lumber stock noted from TD, STINES & SONS with shingles and hardware at tight prices.
The American Municipalities convention in Norfolk discusses Regulation versus Municipal Ownership with H. J. Gordon of Chicago. The talk argues municipal control of utilities is an economic matter, not moral, and success depends on high municipal governance capacity and public interest, urging caution against treating ownership as automatic remedy. The session adjourned in Omaha with officers elected for 1908.
Jackson Mississippi September 71 J W Power secretary of state and member of the state board of election commissioners has addressed an official communication to M HL Fritz stating that the names filed with the Secretary of State as candidates on the socialist ticket cannot be placed on the official ballot in November as requested. Power explains that the request and socialist action do not conform to the provisions of the primary election law.
Brownsville reports Brulay a sugar king of the Rio Grande region was thrown from a wagon during a runaway, clung to the lines, and was dragged about sixty yards. Other items note legal questions on occupational tax in local option districts and a circus fee dispute for a double performance.
Tmggagemaster for the Cotton Belt found dead in the baggage room with an electric wire wound about his body. Fort Worth hosts a Farmers Union warehouse meeting with over 200 delegates discussing cotton marketing while sessions stay secret. Additional items note a man struck by a train near Campo, wolves injuring livestock near Gonzales with a bounty, Senter to speak at Waxahachie, a Denton man’s suicide, a Belton lightning shock to a family, and Santa Fe officials inspecting Brownwood yards for enlargement.
Monterey Mexico September 31 brakemen from the Mexican Central based in the city plan to strike within two days. Rumors say all brakemen will quit unless demands are met, with union support from Chihuahua. The dispute arose after a negro brakeman was employed in local yards, triggering widespread dissension among workers.
An educational conference will be held at Beethoven hall next Tuesday night with the Bexar County Teachers Institute in session in San Antonio. Prominent citizens back a strong program to boost local schools. Speakers include Robert B. Green L. BE Wolfe Carlos Bee and P. F. Stewart. Attendance expected from nearly all Bexar county teachers. A music program will be directed by Professor Dag Pratt.
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